VENEZUELA VS NICARAGUA: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	NICARAGUA		VENEZUELA		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	27,349	1	26,905	+ 444
Kidney Disease	2	16,535	8	5,932	+ 10,603
Stroke	3	10,412	3	12,133	- 1,721
Diabetes Mellitus	4	9,677	4	11,176	- 1,500
Lung Disease	5	7,346	10	5,150	+ 2,196
Liver Disease	6	5,631	16	2,340	+ 3,291
Influenza and Pneumonia	7	5,390	7	7,188	- 1,798
Road Traffic Accidents	8	5,189	5	11,127	- 5,938
Hypertension	9	5,163	9	5,195	- 32
Violence	10	2,895	2	18,132	- 15,237
Congenital Anomalies	11	2,671	14	2,846	- 174
Liver Cancer	12	2,381	26	1,029	+ 1,351
Low Birth Weight	13	2,292	12	3,088	- 796
Stomach Cancer	14	2,235	17	2,175	+ 60
Prostate Cancer	15	1,807	13	2,848	- 1,042
Cervical Cancer	16	1,751	20	1,986	- 235
Other Injuries	17	1,673	21	1,693	- 20
Colon-Rectum Cancers	18	1,476	19	2,037	- 561
Suicide	19	1,332	34	585	+ 747
Breast Cancer	20	1,325	15	2,563	- 1,238
Alcohol	21	1,304	62	34	+ 1,270
Falls	22	1,292	28	865	+ 427
Lung Cancers	23	1,282	11	3,900	- 2,618
Leukemia	24	1,062	27	1,007	+ 55
Birth Trauma	25	926	24	1,087	- 161
Other Neoplasms	26	900	18	2,167	- 1,268
Pancreas Cancer	27	832	25	1,082	- 250
Endocrine Disorders	28	766	30	760	+ 6
Lymphomas	29	766	23	1,248	- 482
Malnutrition	30	763	32	629	+ 134
Skin Disease	31	757	66	18	+ 740
Drownings	32	734	43	388	+ 346
Alzheimers & Dementia	33	697	35	572	+ 125
Inflammatory/Heart	34	652	33	599	+ 54
HIV/AIDS	35	652	6	7,490	- 6,839
Diarrhoeal diseases	36	573	22	1,359	- 786
Tuberculosis	37	537	31	748	- 211
Asthma	38	491	46	311	+ 180
Maternal Conditions	39	412	39	422	- 10
Peptic Ulcer Disease	40	400	40	418	- 17
Epilepsy	41	347	41	411	- 64
Parkinson's Disease	42	312	48	252	+ 61
Oral Cancer	43	301	38	544	- 243
Ovary Cancer	44	287	36	563	- 276
Skin Cancers	45	276	37	553	- 277
Drug Use	46	236	50	225	+ 10
Oesophagus Cancer	47	196	44	370	- 174
Uterin Cancer	48	182	47	309	- 127
Appendicitis	49	148	56	98	+ 51
Rheumatoid Arthritis	50	143	52	180	- 37
Meningitis	51	136	49	251	- 115
Bladder Cancer	52	131	45	365	- 234
Anemia	53	131	55	126	+ 5
Rheumatic Heart Disease	54	93	57	80	+ 13
Poisonings	55	82	58	68	+ 15
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	79	53	151	- 72
Fires	57	77	54	144	- 68
Encephalitis	58	48	61	37	+ 11
Osteoarthritis	59	46	72	3	+ 43
Syphilis	60	44	67	15	+ 29
Multiple Sclerosis	61	32	60	51	- 19
Hepatitis B	62	24	63	30	- 6
Oral conditions	63	22	86	0	+ 22
Dengue	64	21	59	65	- 44
Chagas disease	65	19	29	826	- 808
Schizophrenia	66	16	69	6	+ 10
Pertussis	67	14	64	26	- 12
Hepatitis C	68	6	65	21	- 16
Ascariasis	69	4	70	5	- 1
War	70	3	51	185	- 182
Leprosy	71	3	71	4	- 1
Upper Respiratory	72	2	74	1	+ 1
Iodine Deficiency	73	2	77	0	+ 2
Chlamydia	74	2	82	0	+ 2
Otitis Media	75	1	75	1	- 1
Leishmaniasis	76	0	73	3	- 2
Diphtheria	77	0	78	0	+ 0
Measles	78	0	79	0	- 0
Tetanus	79	0	68	8	- 8
Hookworm Disease	80	0	80	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	81	0	81	0	- 0
Trypanosomiasis	82	0	83	0	- 0
Malaria	83	0	42	402	- 402
Schistosomiasis	84	0	76	1	- 1
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	84	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	85	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to VENEZUELA

Nicaragua

Venezuela

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.